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Identify the following pairs as homologous or analogous organs.
(i) Sweet potato and potato
(ii) Eye of octopus and eye of mammals
(iii) Thorns of Bougainvillaea and tendrils of Cucurbits
(iv) Fore limbs of bat and whale

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(i) Analogous organs
(ii) Analogous organs
(iii) Homologous organs
(iv) Homologous organs,

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